Mountains of Assynt

Assynt's mountains string out across the skyline in this view from close to Achnahaird Beach. I don't shoot from low level vantage points very often, but the wind and rain was so bad the previous evening I wimped out and camped on the beach instead of up a mountain.

The great thing about wild weather is you normally get some wild light when it breaks.

The current issue of Country Walking magazine features a cover shot whilst I was out on a typically (ahem) glorious Lake District summer day on Bowscale Fell with Stuart Maconie. Stuart’s article inside gives plentiful reasons to visit this underrated little fell and the tarn it cradles, but shhhh, don’t tell anyone!